James N. Dawson's Blog – August 2011 Archive (3)

Somebody by the name of Gene Hawkridge sent me an invitation to join LinkedIn, which he himself is on. At first, I thought it may have been some kind of spam, so I hit the reply button and politely told him I didn't remember ever "meeting" him. Later, the name began sounding more familiar, and after an Inbox search, I did find he was a WA LP member and had contacted me in a mass e-mail a while back. So, taking it as a possibly friendly personal gesture, I decided I'd go ahead and accepted…

"There's one more think I 'd like to ask, maybe you can give me some tips & advice. I use to own my own body piercing shop back home in Las Vegas, it was called---"Vlad the Impaler". Talk about some great times James?!! The money was incredible. I actually got to travel all over the world. I've been in magazines (Tattoo & Savage) and have pierced thousands of people---including some pretty famous people. I've got advice & storys that I think…

I've hesitated to do this, but I'd like just to make a few comments on your local FNB and my involvement with it.I had the sense that my attempts at a face-to-face inquiry about FNB met with some discomfort from some members, so I thought it might go over better in writing. We libertarians tend to be rather blunt and direct in our discussions, and maybe I came across as overbearing. If so, my…